The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-01-07
POLITICAL AND SOCIAL.


Governors were lnaugurated as follows: Jan.
!. Hill, of New York and FitZhugh Lee, OF Vir-
ginia: Jan. Z, Robinson, Of Massachusetts; Jan.
II, Foraker. Of Ohio: Jan. H. Larrabee, of
Iowa. ana Lowry, Of Mississippi
United States Senators elected: Jan. l..
John Sherman. of Ohio: Jan. 10, A. y. German,
of Maryland. and Jan u. L. G. Walthall and j.
L. George, of Mississippi
Jan. Observation-Disclosures bill and act
legalizing Wyoming Territorial Legislature ap-
proved.
JAN si-Henry Lloyd elected Governor OF
Ma yland, vice Governor McLane, appointed
Jan. aa-Dorman b. Eaton, Civil Service Com
missioner, resigned.
Jan. s5-United States Judge Love sustained
cOnstitutionality OF the Iowa Prohibition law at
keokui.
Jan. a6-John Kelly reelected chief OF the
Tammany Society, ut New York.
Feb. 10-The President nominated Stephen
A. Walker to succeed Mr. Dorsheimer as United
States Attorney for the Southern district Of
Feb. 1.-The President nominated w. W.
Sutton rs United States Assistant Treasurer at
Cincinnati, o.
Feb Irrational woman's Suffrage Associa-
ton met in eighteenth annual convention ut
Feb. is~Fitz-John Porter bill passed by the
House.
Feb. ss-Thomas R. Hudd succeeded the late
Joseph Rankin in Congress.
Feb. ga liquor bill, similar to the old Scott
law, passed by the Ohio Legislature.
Mar. 1-Invcstigatiny Committee Of the New
York Senate reported that the Broadway rail-
way charter was obtained by bribery, and both
Houses passed a law requiring the franchise to
be sold to the highest. bidder on the 18th inst.
Mar. 1.-THE President vetoed the bill for
the relief Of settlers on the Des Moincs river
lands, in Iowa.
Mar. IA special committee Of the House of
Representatives began an inquiry in Washing
ton into the issuance Of Pan-Elcctrc stock 70
officers Of the Government.
Mar. l6-Major-G General Pope was retired
from the War Department. The President
nominated w. n. Trenholm. Of South Carolina,
as Comptroller OF the Currency: and John II.
Oberly, OF Illinois, and Charles Lyman. OF Con-
necticut as Civil Service Commissioners; ap-
proved by the Senate April q.
Mar. 1.-THE Government decided to bring
suit against the Bell Telephone Company.
Mar. IS-General Alfred H. Terry elected
Major-General, vice Winfield Scott Hancock,
deceased.
Mar. 19-President Cleveland approved the
bill to increase the pension of widows and rcla-
tives of deceased soldiers and sailors.
Mar. Ex-Governor Stoneman OF California,
appointed George Hearst, as United States SEN
atOr. in place of John Miller.
Mar "a, Isl, 40 acres Of land in California
taken from the Atlantic s. Pacific Railroad
Company, by decision OF the Secretary OF the
Interior
Mar. 23-The PostmasteEGeneral informed
the Senate that S,6i5 fOurthclasS pOstmasters
had been removed during the first year of the
Democratic Administration George Peabody
Whitmore renOminated for Governor BY the Re-
publicans OF Rhode Island.
Apr. 5-Calcb w. West. of Kentucky, ap-
pointed as Governor Of Utah by the President
Apr. Acknowledgement Niles succeeded
Drigadier-General Crook. in Arizona.
Apr. 19-Attorney-General Garland testified
before the Telephone Investigation Committee
ut Washington.
May S-Thc four Republicans from Hamilton
County were sworn into the Ohio State Senate.
May 1i-Henry F. severns; OF Kalamazoo
Nth, appointed judge for the Western dis
trict of Michigan, TO succeed S. L Whitney.
May disappointment trial OF Auditor brown,
of Iowa, commenced at Des MOines Found not
guilty OF charges and reinstated.
May al-iiill permitting women to practice
law in STATE courts signed ny Governor Hill. of
New York IN. S. Wallace succeeded Michael
Helm TO the Second Louisiana Congressional
district.
May .T-Ohio woman's Suffrage Convention.
in session at Cleveland, elected Mrs. Frances
Easement. of = Iinesville, president.
June wedding of President Cleveland and
Miss Frances Folsom took place at the White
House.
juno sa-Judge Stanley Matthews. of the
United States Supreme Court, married to Mrs.
Mary Thcaier. of Cleveland, o.
June 21-William Z. Smith, Assistant Score
taIy OF the Treasury, resigned. and Hugh S.
Thompson was chosen his successor.
July president Cleveland vetoed bill con-
structing railroads through Indian reservation
in Northern Montana.
July Wv. W. Porter confirmed as United
States Justice OF Supreme Court of Arizona
Aug. 2-J. ii. BOwden, Joseph Barbour and
]. @. Ward elected Superior Judges for Ken
lucky President signed O!eomargarine bill.
Aug. "a. p. Williams elected United States
Senator from California.
Aug. 9-President reappointed w. c.
Matthews. colOred, Us recorder OF deeds, Dis
trict OF Columbia.
Cnite1 States and AN oriental nation accepted
by Japan. Promulgated by President Dec. =
Aug. 2.-Thomas E. Benedict appointed Pub
lie Printer At Washington.
ont nl nn4o OIL s<.rap nfA Y-
kansas.
Sept. Judge Thomas c. Manning. of Louis
lana, appointed to succeed United States Minis
ter Jackson. to Mexico.
Sept. 17-Governor Bodwen CRep) elected
Chief Executive of Maine.
Sept. asSubcomnit,ee of Committee on
at Boston to investigate the fishery
question.
Oct 6-Gcneral Jonn B. Gordon elected Gov
ernor Of Georgia.
American crafts. The cruiser Tenor obliged
captain OF the schooner Marion Crimes to haul
down her flag.
Oct. l9-George F. Edmunds reelected United
States Senator from Vermont.
Oct. SsVSecretary Bayard received formal
49,. Secretary OF Interior decided that
women who held land could obtain title TO IL
under Homestead law, after marriage
Nov. 1s-Prcsident Cleveland reinstated NJ.
Benton, as Attorney for the Western district
Of Missouri.
Nov. 2J-Ex-Governor Cheney, OF Manchester.
n. H., appointed United States Senator to sue
coed Austin F. Pike.
Nov. a-Several hundred delegates present
at Republican Ant-saloon convention, at Cort- |
land, n. Y.
Dec. 1-Thomas Seay inaugurated Governor
Of Alabama
Dec. 6-Second session Of Forty.ninth Con-
gress called to order. Presidents message
read Senate adjourned out Of respect to men, |
Dry Of Senator Pike IN. HI and House for
Beach and Arnot IN. " and
Price (WisD 80. George Allen appointed U. 8.
District Attorney for Western district Pennsyl-
vania to succeed William A. Stone, suspended
for offensive partisanskip.
Dec. Tin House petition received from 41s |
plergymen and o., sSS members Of ". E. Church